Wood description:
Spruce is a light and moderately soft wood with a clear colour and reddish grain. The growth rings are clearly identifiable.
The white-yellow wood can assume grey or violet reflections and becomes darker on the sun light. Sap is a bit lighter but similar to heartwood.

Histological structure:
Grain: straight;
Texture: coarse and uniform.

Characteristic defects:
Small sound but numerous knots;
Local resin concentrations;
Quite vulnerable to worms and weather conditions;
Occasional high content of moisture in the heartwood;
Ring shake.

Permeabilty:
permeable sap, impermeable heartwood.

Working properties:
Sawing: easy;
Drying: it dries fairly rapidly with little risk of splits and warp;
Planing: easy;
Glueing: good;
Nailing and screwing: inclined to splits;
Finishing: unbalanced finished colour.

Main uses:
Construction and panelling;
Windows, doors, mouldings, architectural joinery and flooring;
Furniture;
Packaging;
Musical instruments;
To extract cellulose for paper.

Mechanical properties:
Tensil strength : 710 kg/cm²
Compressive strength : 450 kg/cm²

Specific weight:
green 860 kg/m³
dried 450 kg/ m³